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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/04/2026
The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
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The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10/04/2026
What else could the U.S. have gotten to support Americans for the estimated $28 billion it spent on the Iran war? An analysis by NBC News found: • funding a year of free day care for 2 million children • rent for 1.2 million people • or health insurance through Medicaid for 3 million people
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The U.S. has spent billions on the Iran war. What else could that money have bought?
The estimated $28 billion the U.S. poured into the Iran war before the ceasefire could have funded a year of day care for 2 million children or rent for 1.2 million people, an NBC News analysis found.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 31/03/2026
ICE’s own data contradicts the White House’s claim that all 4,000 people arrested were “dangerous criminal” undocumented immigrants. theintercept.com/2026/03/30/i...
A photo of federal agents arresting protesters outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minneapolis on Jan. 9, 2026, overlaid with the headline, "Two Thirds of People Arrested by ICE in Minnesota Surge Had No Criminal Records, New Data Reveals."A bar chart titled, "63% of ICE arrests in Minnesota since December 2025 were of immigrants with no criminal record." The largest bar, representing 2,532 arrests, denotes the people with no convictions of pending criminal charges. The second largest bar, representing 964 arrests, denotes those who were convicted criminals. The smallest bar, representing 534 arrests, denotes those with pending criminal charges. Source: Analysis by The Intercept of government data provided by ICE in response to a public records request by the Deportation Data Project. Chart made by Meghnad Bose, Luke Lawson.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 31/03/2026
If talks are “going well,” why is Trump threatening to blow up Iran’s energy infrastructure? He’s obviously been lying this entire time.
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🌬CasuallyLucid🌀 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
"While Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives said they were rooting out federal waste, fraud and abuse, the DOJ declined over 900 cases of federal program or procurement fraud." More charges dismissed included terrorism, drugs, many white-collar crimes, among others. This was never about crime. #Pinks
propublica.org
Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
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Jaye @jaybird54.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Good Morning, Brave Hearts. Some of us were born to dilly dally & yet here we are, armored up & ready to face the day. Whether you’re wielding a spear or a strong cup of coffee, remember: resistance can be gentle, joyful, & fierce all at once. #MakeGoodTrouble #Jaye’sMorningLight
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Boss Best @realbossbest.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
ICE grabbing a journalist and then fumbling around for a reason afterward is intimidation with a badge. Very nasty, very reckless, very Anti-American. The low intelligence individuals running this want fear first, facts later. Thank you for your attention to this matter! BB
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Once more I remind you that the FAA warned last year that the use of high-energy anti-drone laser weapons near commercial airspace poses “a grave risk of fatalities or permanent injuries” to airplane passengers. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
nytimes.com
Pentagon Weighs Using Anti-Drone Lasers in Washington Airspace
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
You might forward this story to every Marine you know.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This is called “strategic defeat.” You have ended up in a worse position than before you began, with your adversary, while battered, emerging in a stronger position than before.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I mean I just can't even find words. The US defense secretary helping plan a massive, destabilizing surprise war - a war the US has immediately LOST - and then using his insider knowledge to make stock bets so he can personally get rich? Hard to think of worse corruption, anywhere, ever.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 30/03/2026
We need to vote on another War Powers Resolution to demand that Trump end his illegal war with Iran. Civilian and servicemembers’ lives are at risk, and we are wasting billions of dollars.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Trump told a lengthy story last week about negotiating over the price of Sharpie pens. The company says it has no record of any such conversation. "We don't have any information about the conversation described."
washingtonpost.com
Trump imagines negotiation with Sharpie maker for $5 signature pens
Trump told a lengthy story about negotiating over the price of Sharpie pens. The company says it has no record of any such conversation.
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Meidas Rick ❌🚫🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
BREAKING: Stunning new polling reveals that Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola is leading her Senate race by 5 points. This win would put the Senate within reach for Democrats. Let’s go.
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🇺🇲📎Gigi Alexander 🇺🇦 Democracy Defender! 🌊 ❤️America.🌈 @gigialexander123.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Donald J Trump is a Child-Rapist. His DOJ removed pages of the Epstein Files. In Jane Doe Number 4s deposition, she says she was Raped by Donald J Trump at age 15. She took a settlement. This is what the Rapist In Chief has been attempting to distract America from. Trump is a Pedophile. www.npr.org
npr.org
Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Attacks on Stephen Miller getting far more specific in this Daily Mail (why are the best right-on-right hitjobs always laundered thru the UK?). 1) He ordered confrontation w/protestors b4 CBP murdered Alex Pretti. 2) He countermanded Trump order not to focus on farmworkers.
The most damaging episodes were the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, which Miller was at the center of.
During his 10am calls with immigration leaders, Miller was demanding agents be sent out to areas in Minneapolis where DHS knew there was a heavy presence of protesters to 'force confrontations,' two DHS senior sources told the Daily Mail.
One official noted that Miller repeatedly urged agents to engage protesters so the administration could win the 'PR battle.'
During Trump's massive immigration crackdown in in Los Angeles in June, the President spoke with top officials and told them to avoid targeting farm workers. The next day at 10am, Miller sent out different orders.
'Stephen got on the call the next day, and said "We're discussing that internally" and that we should just disregard what he said,' one official told the Daily Mail. 'It was like the President never said anything. It was just like Stephen was in charge.'
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Nepo baby Franklin Graham is not a man a faith; he is a partisan opportunist who runs a lucrative business that *sells* faith.
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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
If you believe that Pete Hegseth is a piece of shit, please repost. www.npr.org/2026/03/27/n...
npr.org
Defense Secretary Hegseth intervened to stop promotions of Black and female officers
Four Army officers were on track to become one-star generals, NPR confirms. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth's involvement in the promotion process is highly unusual.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
🔴 Russia shared satellite images of a US base in Saudi Arabia with Iran days before it was struck, according to Ukrainian intelligence. Follow the latest updates below. 🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I hate that politicians are allowed to lie. I hate that political candidates are allowed to lie. I hate that, after they've lied, there are no consequences for them or their career.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
MAGA fake Christians with all their Palm Sunday posts. 🙄
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Wowza! Portland, Oregon showed up in droves for the No Kings protest!
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Political Humor @politicalhumor9.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
When Democrats accuse Trump of a crime, it's because he actually did it. When Trump falsely accuses Democrats of a crime, it's because he actually did it.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Just because they voted for the release of the Epstein files doesn't mean they aren't complicit for everything else.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump tried to censor reporters at the Pentagon They wanted to keep journalists from telling the truth about our military to America But their efforts-naturally-ran afoul of the First Amendment And now they won’t be able to hide their crimes and incompetence so easily
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
BREAKING: Federal judge tosses out provisions in Pentagon’s new press policy — which most longtime reporters refuse to sign on to — as violations of the First and Fifth Amendments. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-is-bar... Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
)
THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPANY, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
V.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 25-04218 (PLF)
)
OPINION
A primary purpose of the First Amendment is to enable the press to publish what
it will and the public to read what it chooses, free of any official proscription. Those who drafted the First Amendment believed that the nation's security requires a free press and an informed people and that such security is endangered by governmental suppression of political speech.
That principle has preserved the nation's security for almost 250 years. It must not be abandoned now.In short, the defendants have not shown that the Department is entitled to a
remand without vacatur. Accordingly, the Court will vacate the challenged provisions of the Policy.
IV. CONCLUSION
The Court recognizes that national security must be protected, the security of our
troops must be protected, and war plans must be protected. But especially in light of the country's recent incursion into Venezuela and its ongoing war with Iran, it is more important than ever that the public have access to information from a variety of perspectives about what its government is doing so that the public can support government policies, if it wants to support them; protest, if it wants to protest; and decide based on full, complete, and open information who they are going to vote for in the next election. As Justice Brandeis correctly observed,
"sunlight is the most powerful of all disinfectants." N.Y. Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 305 (1964) (Goldberg, J., concurring) (footnote omitted).For the foregoing reasons, the Court will GRANT the plaintiffs' motion for
summary judgment and DENY the defendants' cross-motion for summary judgment. An Order
consistent with this Opinion will issue this same day.
SO ORDERED.
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN
United States District Judge
DATE: 3120|26
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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
As Democrats have said over and over, Trump could have ended the TSA shutdown whenever he wanted. He was delaying TSA’s funding to try to get more funding for ICE, but we refused. Glad to see Trump is finally ending the Republican shutdown of TSA.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
As usual, MAGA will be the last to realize the truth.
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Drew Webb 🏳️‍🌈 @archeryfan93.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Just leaving this here
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Drew Webb 🏳️‍🌈 @archeryfan93.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
IT WAS STAGED
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Their Devil @iamdevil.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The world is looking at us with great unease.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Malcolm Kenyatta, who was one of Fetterman’s opponents in the primary, pulling no punches: “John promised that he was going to go to D.C. and be Democrats’ 51st vote. And instead he’s gone to D.C. and is behaving like Donald Trump’s fucking intern.” Gift link www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
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John Fetterman’s support for Trump’s DHS secretary has made his bad relationship with Democrats even worse: ‘He needs to go’
Malcolm Kenyatta — a former Fetterman opponent and ally who said he's "behaving like Donald Trump’s f— intern" — is among the Democrats ramping up their criticism.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Good afternoon. This is your daily reminder that Trump just lifted sanctions on Iran to give them $14 BILLION to hep fund their war against us. In other words, your daily reminder that this is probably the dumbest war of all time.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Bad.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Everyone congratulate Donald J. Trump on his *seventh* bankruptcy. Glory!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Doing nothing to actually fix the problem at hand, while actively making it worse for everyone. The Trump agenda in a nutshell.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
📌So the failing, orange, old man who last week called mail-in voting “cheating” and “corrupt as hell” ... voted by mail Tuesday.
apnews.com
Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option
President Donald Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
putting as much thought into a generation-defining war in the middle east as i do into using bowser in mario kart
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 24/03/2026
“I still haven’t been able to come to terms with it. I can still smell blood and gunpowder, and the images of that day," says a first responder who was at the Iranian elementary school when a missile struck the building, killing more than 100 children.
nbcnews.to
Iranians grieving over school missile strike express rage at U.S., Trump
The U.S. military hasn’t yet released the results of its investigation, though a U.S. official told NBC News two weeks ago that outdated intelligence was likely to have led to the attack.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/03/2026
"A major story that probably doesn’t get talked about enough is the reality that the president of the United States is, well, out of his mind."
publicnotice.co
Mark Jacob on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story
"The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office."
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
ACA support gets cut, premiums go up, and we’re still being asked to fund a war Trump said was over. #HealthcareNotWarfare
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
picture, thousan words, etc etc
An ICE agent inside an airport, leaning against a pole and fucking around on his phone. He's next to a window, which looks out at a huge line of people waiting to even get inside the terminal to stand in a security line.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Reminder that DHS funding has lapsed because Trump and Republicans have refused to accept modest reforms for ICE — a rogue agency that has killed American citizens, brutalized immigrant communities, and detained thousands of residents (both citizen and noncitizen) while violating due process.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Feels like the obvious way to make sense of Trump's statements and actions is that he's trying to buy as much time as possible in oil markets and the stock market until a ground invasion.
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
If it weren’t for Trump, airport lines would be shorter. TSA agents would get paid. FEMA would be ready to respond to natural disasters. Trump rejected a deal proposed by REPUBLICANS because he’d rather keep it all shut down than hold his secret police at ICE accountable.
newrepublic.com
Trump Kills Republican Plan to Fund TSA as Airport Lines Get Worse
Don’t expect the airport chaos to get better anytime soon.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/03/2026
Jeffries: "The last thing the American people need is for untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports all across the country, potentially to brutalize or in some instances kill them. We've already seen how ICE conducts itself."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/03/2026
You could just have republicans vote for the dem bill to fund TSA.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 22/03/2026
I want to be clear about what happened today: While Republicans keep the Senate in session to try and pass their dangerous SAVE act, they also tried to push through a ridiculous ban on transgender athletes. We blocked it.
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